Bottle-cap remover.



A. E. STEINHVAUSER. BOTTLE CAP. REMOVER.- APPLICATION man MAR. 12;1918.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

- www@ .@TATE@ PANT AUGUST n. sTEINmUsEn, or rHILADnLPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST A14].'S'1EIN- "nAUsER, a subjectof theEmperor of Germany, residing at Philadelphia',A` in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Bottle-Cap Removers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates toimprovements in bottle caps of the t pecommonly made of sheet metal and employed for sealing bottles of variouskinds, and

portions or interlockingprojections to enf 1s normally held The primaryobject of the present inventionl 1s to provide novel, simpleand'inexpenslve means,

fixture of the c for'removing the same `from. the bottle without thenecessity of employing lan .auxiliary removing device or opener.A

. A further object of the invention'is to proing the cap vide .a bottlecap'opener which will norproximity to the cap and bottle, in an out ofthe way position, and which .maybe adjusted for use to exert a powerfullevera when desired, for removinan easy, convenient and expeditiousmanner..

The invention consists of the featuresof construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeinghad to the accomvpanying drawing,

in wh1ch: igure 1 is a side elevation of the'neck of a bottle, showing aclosure-cap embodying my invention applied thereto;

' with the cap an 59 a shoulder or into depressions plan view of thebottle, opener applied thereto; Fig. 3 is a view in elevation, taken atan angle to that shown in Fig. 1, showing the opening lever turned to anoperative position for use.

eferring to the drawing, the neck portion of a bottle .or similarcontainer, to which -is applied a metallic closure cap 2 of a type incommon use. This cap surrounds the rim portion of the neck Fig. 2 is ato l, and is provided with crimps, corrugations or instruck projections3 to engage under formed in the bottle neck for the purpose of holdingya Specication of Letters Patent.

particularly to metal bottle caps of that character having crimped`ormmg a permanent part or .swung in a vertical Atongue 8, which may bethe ring one or more times,

`1 designates`- 9 is turned to a vertical Patented Feb.. it, i919.

. l Application led Marchv12, 1918. Serial No. 221,953.

' the cap in sealing. position. The cap may be provided, as usual, uponthe interior thereof, with. any suitable type of sealing means toprevent leakage, such as the vusual disks-4 and 5 of cork `and paralinedor oil paper, respectively. The vcap shown is lar bead or rim 6extending above t e level of its crown portion and connecting the samewith the depending flange .forming the body of the cap.

In accordance with my invention, the fiange or-body 7 yof the cap isprovided at one side witha depending tongue or projection 8 integralwith thel lower edge of the liange 7 and v'stamped or otherwise formedtherewith. To this lug is suitably secnred an ofpening lever 9, in theform of a rlng of su ciently greater diameter than the neck l tosurround the same and to be plane from a horizontal to a verticalposition, as indicated in dotted lines in Eig. 1.' The ring of wire orother suitable material and may be pivoted or vsoldered at one point tothe wrapped around to obtain greater security of connection. l

Normally, the 4ring or lever 9 lies in a horizontal position parallelwith the lower edge of the cap and just below the same, and is adaptedto be placed with the cap in such position upon the bottle neck when thecapisapplied. The diameter of the ring but slightly exceeds the diameterof they neck 1,.this excess in diameter being just suflicient to enableit to be swung upwardly to a vertical position and to clear the cap insuch movement. When disposed in the normal position stated, it will beevident that the ring will lie in close prox `lmity to the bottle andcap and will thus hands or clothes of a person handling the' bottle.When, however, the ring or lever position, it forms a handle whereby thetongue 8. will be straightened out to loosen the flange ofr the cap andpermit/the cap to be readily and conveniently withdrawn from Vthe bottleneck. Where the ring or lever is fixed to the tongue 8, the rim 6 may beemployed as an abutment which may be engaged by` the thumb of the handof the operator,

-also of a tvpe having an upstandin annucis 9 may be made -f openerwhile the forenger engaged with the/ preliminary to the cap displacingaction in a. ready and convenient manner.

It will beobserved that by the use of an of the character described, thenecessity of employing a Separate opener will be avoided, and a morevconvenient type of opener provided; one which is simple and cheap ofconstruction and may be employed without materially adding to the costof the cap, and one which will enable the cap to be removed in a readyand convenient manner.

I -Iaving thus described my invention, I

claim: o 1. A bottle cap havlng a ring-shaped capremoving memberattached to the periphery thereof normally encircling the cap andadapted to be turned from suchpositlon to a position in a planetangential to the pe.- riphery of the cap.

2. In a cap remover, a flanged cap having its flange provided at oneside wlt-h a depending integral tongue, and a lever comprising asring ofslightly greater diameter than the cap and normally disposedhorizontally pbelow the cap, saidring being connected atone side withsaid projection and extending at its opposite side outwardly beyond theadjacent side of the cap, adapting 1t to be swung upwardly Jfrom the capto l a vertical positionin alinement with said in aplane tanj tongue orprojection an' gential to the periphery of the cap;

In testimony whereof I ax my Signatura AUGUST n. s'rnrNHAusEn.

